BIRENDRA KUMAR MISHRA AND ORS vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~35 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 21.03.2025 + W.P.(C) 3522/2025 BIRENDRA KUMAR MISHRA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. M. K. Bhardwaj and Ms. Priyanka Bhardwaj, Mr. Himanshu Bhardwaj, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vinay Yadav, SPC with Ms. Kamna Behrani, Mr. Ansh Kalra, Mr. Divyanshu Sinha, Advs for UOI Mr. Ravinder Agarwal and Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Advs for R-4/UPSC Mr. Vaibhav Kalra, Adv. for R- 5 & 6. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (Oral) CM APPL. 16502/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. CAV 108/2025 2. In view of the appearance of the learned counsel for the respondents. Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIJAYA WP(C) 3522/2025 Page 1 of 5 LAKSHMI DOBHAL Signing Date:26.03.2025 13:02:37 3. The caveat stands discharged. W.P.(C) 3522/2025 & CM APPL. 16503/2025 4. This petition has been filed by the petitioners, challenging the Order dated 18.02.2025 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the, ‘learned Tribunal’) in Original Application No. 301/2025 (O.A.), titled as “Birendra Kumar Mishra v. Housing and Urban Affair”. The learned Tribunal, in the impugned order, though has observed that it is not inclined to grant any interim relief to the petitioner, however, it has directed that any promotion made to the post of Superintendent Engineer (Civil) [hereinafter referred to as, ‘SE (C)’] during the pendency of the O.A. shall be subject to the final outcome of the O.A. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioners vehemently submits that despite repeated directions from the learned Tribunal and also from this Court in various proceedings, reference t